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1989 - 33rd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett

Starting Point: Lech am Arlberg, Schmelzhofwiesen, Austria September 16, 1989

The story

   

Pilots Name

Co-Pilots Name

       
Rank Country Last First Last First BalloonName LandingPlace Distance km Time

1

AUT

Starkbaum

Josef

Scholz

Gerd

OE-PZS Polarstern

Batorliget/Debrecen/Hungaria

911.2

37:33

2

GER

Fink

Thomas

Märkl

Erich

D-Augsburg

Nyiracsad/Hungaria

894.1

39:32

3

USA

Kittinger

Joe

Snow

Robert

D-Columbus

Hejocpapi/Hungaria

809.4

34:01

4

SUI

Signer

Gerold

Osterwalder

Silvan

HB-BJB Solvay

Tisovec/Chechslovakia

748.4

25:52

5

SUI

Spenger

Karl

Messner

Martin

HB-BFC Jura

Namestovo/Chechoslovakia

731.9

42:47

6

SUI

Nater

Alfred

Anderegg

Otto

HB-BGN Zurzach

Ferriego/Hungaria

691.2

22:07

7

GER

Sjuts

Helma

Derks

Alfred

D-Continentale

Sed-Liste/Chechoslovakia

669

31:59

8

USA

Woods

Randy

Boring

Gordon

D-Aspen

Piesti-any/Chechslovakia

576.1

22:01

9

POL

Ozga

Waldemar

Szary

Piotr

SP-BZR Polonia

Loimersdorf/Austria

510.6

20:53

10

USA

Hyde

Lawrence

Reinhard

Charles Dewey

HB-BJS Motor Columbus

Sopron/Hungaria

496.7

20:27

11

POL

Makne

Stefan

Antkowiak

Grzegorz

SP-BZO Polonez

Himberg/Austria

486.4

22:56

12

GER

Kuinke

Volker

Vormbäumen

Gustav

D-Euregio

Igelbach/Germany

272.2

20:19


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